Acquired Material: Book, Newspaper and Manuscript Photocopies

Reference

SR/1/6

Date:

1869 - 1989

Level of description

file

Extent

6 folders

Part of

W. G. Grace: A Life (SR/1)

Scope and Content

Photocopies of books and manuscripts acquired by Simon Rae as part of research for his book 'W.G. Grace: A Life'. Includes newspaper reports from W G Grace's English XI tour of Australia in 1873-1874 and Lord Sheffield's English XI tour of Australia in 1891-1892, travel guides to Australia, articles on hunting in Australia, photocopy of the diary of Nora Peache (Grace's neighbour in 1876 when he lived in Downend), photocopy of H M Grace's obituary published in the British Medical Journal, copies of the Grace family tree, photocopy of 'The Grace Trail' by Grahame Parker, poem by Pam Barritt titled 'A Special Test Place', photocopy of a letter sent to G Neville Weston by MCC Curator Diana Rait Kerr with attached notes from a copy of 'W.G. Grace's Scores in First Class Matches' inherited from C J Britton, articles on the history of railways in Britain, photocopy of the chapter 'Dr. W.G. Grace in Scotland' from the book 'Fifty Years Scottish Cricket', photocopies of the book 'Ego 9: concluding the autobiography of James Agate' which included a transcript of a letter from C B Fry to Agate discussing W G Grace, photocopies of the book 'Chronicles of Cricket: Facsimile Reprints of Nyren's "Cricketer's Guide", Lillywhite's "Hand-Book of Cricket", and Denison's "Sketches of the Players"', calendar of the Royal College of Surgeons of England for July 1879, articles on the history of Leighton House, where Grace once played.

Associations

Simon Rae
James Agate
Henry Mills Grace
William Gilbert Grace
Royal College of Surgeons
Diana Mary Rait Kerr

Subject

W G Grace's XI in Australia 1873-1874, Lord Sheffield's XI in Australia 1891-1892, poetry

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

6 folders

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